Live-action PATLABOR, life-size Ingram is once again dispatched to the Sakuradamon gate of the Metropolitan Police Department!　This time with a special protector!

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR, the live-action version of the classic anime "Mobile Police Patlabor," will be decked out for the second time in front of the Metropolitan Police Department Building.

→Live-action version of PATLABOR, 7 chapters in total, will be screened at the event starting in April 2014! Completely original new "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR".

Starting with the first chapter (episodes 0-1) on April 5, 2014, the seventh and final chapter (episode 12 "The Great Legacy") will be screened on January 10, 2015. The Great Legacy"), and the feature-length theatrical version "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Decisive Battle" was released on May 1, 2015.

Following the Metropolitan Police Department collaboration event in Shinjuku on April 21 and the full-scale Ingram deck-up in front of the Metropolitan Police Building on May 17, it was decided that the deck-up would be held again in front of the Metropolitan Police Building. Continuing on from the previous event, a life-size Ingram and the Special Vehicle Section 2 will be present at Sakuradamon in response to a request from the Traffic Affairs Division of the Metropolitan Police Department's Traffic Department. In addition, Ingram herself will be equipped with a special protector for her duty of guarding a ceremony for a campaign to promote the wearing of chest protectors. She will be joined by about 30 female Harley-Davidson riders. The event will take place on September 21 from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. in front of the main entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.

The director's cut version of the feature film will be released on October 10.

All seven chapters of "THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR" series
Screenings will begin on April 5 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other locations! (Episode 0: approx. 15 min., Episodes 1-12: approx. 48 min. each)
Release date: [Chapter 1] April 5, [Chapter 2] May 31, [Chapter 3] July 12, [Chapter 4] August 30, [Chapter 5] October 18, [Chapter 6] November 29, [Chapter 7] January 10, 2015
Cast: Erina Mano, Toshio Kakei, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ota, Shigeru Chiba, etc.
General Director: Mamoru Oshii / Music: Kenji Kawai / Original Idea: Head Gear
Production: Tohoku Shinsha, Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku Media Division

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Crisis Feature Film
Opening Friday, May 1, 2015 at Shinjuku Piccadilly and other theaters nationwide (approx. 100 min.)
Cast: Toshio Kakei, Erina Mano, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ota, Shigeru Chiba, Kanna Mori, Kotaro Yoshida, Reiko Takashima
Director/Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii / Music: Kenji Kawai / Original Idea: Head Gear
Production: Tohoku Shinsha / VFX Production: Omnibus Japan / Distributor: Shochiku

THE NEXT GENERATION PATLABOR: Capital Crisis Director's Cut
October 10 (Sat.) Roadshow throughout Japan

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